It’s no secret that I'm all about faking it at the moment - and I mean that in a work-friendly way thank you very much! Fake kisses, fake quilling, and fake flowers in particular are all great for Mother's Day. There are lots of lovely floral balls
bouncing around the internet. Always one
to try my hand at other peoples' ideas, I made my own super-fast, slightly
quirky version of everyone’s favorite fake-flower table decoration.
First I took down the fabric flowers that have been on my curtains for a while now (the room used to be the nursery and I figure Happy-Husband can do without pink roses now we’re in the room). The best sort of flowers to use and the ones that literally pop-off their fake stalks. You’ll know when you’re in your local dollar store as soon as you give the flowers a gentle tug; remembering of course that you’re being video-taped as you do so; so look casual! If the flowers don’t come off easily, you can still use them, however you’ll need to cut / plier them off, which is an added step I can do without!
Here’s what you’ll need;
- Fabric flowers (leaves optional) with their plastic base still attached.
- Foam ball (the bigger you go the more flowers you’ll need).
- Bamboo kebab-skewer.
- Pom-poms.
- A pot to put it in (I used a ready-made pot of fake grass.)
Here’s how to make a floral centrepiece (don't forget you can click on the picture to enlarge it);
- Decide where the ‘bottom’ of the ball is going to be and mark it by gently pushing the kebab-stick into the ball, now take it out and set it aside.
- Push the flowers into the round ball at even intervals (mine are still in their on their own, but a touch of glue is probably a good idea).
- Push the kebab-skewer back into place (with leaves looks good).
- Using temporary-tac or permanent adhesive, fix the base of the kebab-skewer into the center of the pot.
- Now gently go round all your flowers and add a pom-pom to the center of each.
- Give it a quick spritz with your favorite floral-scented perfume & you’re done!
Whether you're making this for Mother's Day, or for those of my friends in the U.K. who had your turn last March might be making one just because, there's plenty more ideas like this under the 'Spectaculars' label on the right hand side of the blog. Off to do the vacuuming... such is life! x
